Question
Small pools of water with ocean life.
One day, while walking along the coast, you encounter the area pictured here. You notice that most of the water is gone at low tide and that an abundance of life lives in this area.
To which ocean zone does this area belong?
intertidal zone
open-ocean zone
neritic zone
estuary zone
One day, while walking along the coast, you encounter the area pictured here. You notice that most of the water is gone at low tide and that an abundance of life lives in this area.
To which ocean zone does this area belong?
intertidal zone
open-ocean zone
neritic zone
estuary zone
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The area you described, where water is present at higher tides but recedes at low tide, along with the presence of various ocean life, belongs to the **intertidal zone**. This zone is characterized by its unique environment where organisms must adapt to both exposure to air and submersion in water, depending on the tides.